An absence of other match-winners may be to their undoing, despite a hitherto watertight defence that is yet to concede a goal in 360 minutes of football in Cameroon. Regardless of their astounding flaws and dependability on Mane, Africa’s top-ranked team have soldiered on and enter...
The West Africans finished as runners-up in Group F having garnered seven points from three matches, recording victories over Mauritania and Tunisia. Article continues below In the Round of 16, they silenced Guinea 1-0 with Musa Barrow scoring the only goal of the game at Kouekong S...
This group presents another case of underdogs versus favorites. Guinea-Bissau and Benin will aim to upset defending champions Cameroon and four-time winners Ghana. In Group B, Madagascar and Burundi are making their AFCON debuts and are viewed as minnows but they have proved that they can get ...
In addition to hosts Cameroon, the Africa Nations Cup will have all the 12 group winners qualify alongside the three best runners-up. Should Cameroon top their group, the second-placed side in Group B will contest the finals. The qualifying campaign concludes in November. In other qualifiers, ...
The winners will now receive$5 million (£3.7m), up from $4.5m (£3.3m), while the runners-up get $2.75m (£2m). Each of the losing semi-finalists will be rewarded with $2.2m (£1.6m) and those that crashed out in the quarter-finals are given $1.8m (£1.3m)...
There are 12 groups in the AFCON qualifiers. Each of the 12 winners will secure an automatic berth to join Cameroon in the finals in 2019. Three best runners-up will also qualify to make up the 16 teams in the tournament. Ghana's coach Kwasi Appiah remains adamant his side will excel ...